Flood in Florida, June 21 to 23, 2003

Name: Flood in Florida, June 21 to 23, 2003
Start: 2003-06-21T22:34
End: 2003-06-23T23:00
Location: Florida

June 21 to 23, 2003 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $935,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 8:09 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 8:09 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
909 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003

ITS BEEN ANOTHER SOGGY DAY IN A STRING OF SOGGY DAYS...WITH ANOTHER
SOGGY DAY IN PROSPECT FOR SUNDAY...DESPITE OUR OUTLOOK FOR IMPROVED
WEATHER BY THIS SUNDAY FROM A FEW DAYS AGO. IT NOW LOOKS LIKE IT
ANY PREMISE TO TURN OFF THE ATMOSPHERIC FAUCET WILL BE MONDAY FOR
THE NRN FA AND TUESDAY ELSEWHERE.

UNFORTUNATELY IN THE INTERIM LITTLE HAS CHANGED IN THE OVERALL
PATTERN. A WEAKENING COOL FRONT HAS EASED INTO EXTREME NORTHERN FL
...BUT THATS IT FOR ANY FURTHER SWD PROGRESS. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
REMAINED JUICED WITHIN THE CONVERGENT WLY FLOW FROM THE TROPICAL
GULMEX WITH AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE UPPER LVL DISTURBANCES TO ROLL
BY BEFORE THE UPPER FLOW VEERS INTO NWLY TO POTENTIALLY CURTAIL THE
EXCESSIVE RAIN MACHINE...OR FORCE THE DEEP TROPICAL PLUME OF
MOISTURE MUCH FURTHER SWD.

CURRENTLY TODAYS MASS OF RAINFALL IS EASING SWD AND DIMINISHING
THRU THE SRN FA...BUT AS WITH THE PATTERN OF LATE...EXPECT A
DECREASED NOCTURNAL RAIN CHANCES. HOWEVER THE NEXT ROUND OF
POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONCE AGAIN LOAD UP DURING DAYTIME
HEATING SUNDAY.

THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSIDERABLE FLOODING DUE TO THE PONDING OF
STORM WATER RUNOFF THE PAST FEW DAYS...BUT OF UTMOST CONCERN IS THE
LIKLIHOOD FOR SERIOUS RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING DURING THE NEXT
60 HOURS. ALREADY A RECORD ALL TIME FLOOD CREST OF 20 FEET ON THE
MANATEE RIVER IS CAUSING MAJOR FLOODING BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW MANATEE
DAM. SOME 10 TO 20 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST
WEEK OVER MUCH OF THE FA...AND THE RIVERS ARE RESPONDING TO THE
DELUGE WITH ALL POSSIBLE WATER RETENTION AREAS AT OVERFLOW.

WILL SUSTAIN THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT WILL UPDATE THE
ZONES THIS EVENING WITH RESPECT TO THE PATTERN FOR DECREASED POPS
INTO THE NIGHTTIME HRS...THEN RENEWED RAINS BEGINNING AGAIN SUNDAY
MORNING.

.TBW...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL ZONES INTO SUNDAY.

DMR

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 5:15 AM EST, 17 hours 19 minutes before

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-211500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
615 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY...

DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY
AND TONIGHT...AND THIS COMBINED WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL
CAUSE PERIODS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.

WIDESPREAD RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY 8 INCHES...IS
LIKELY AGAIN TODAY.  ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SERIOUS
PROBLEMS...INCLUDING WIDESPREAD FRESHWATER FLOODING.  SUCH FLOODING
COULD CLOSE DOZENS OF ROADS...INCLUDING A FEW MAJOR THOROUGHFARES...
AND FLOOD PASTURE LAND.

IN ADDITION...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSE A THREAT OF STRONG GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY:

THE MOIST TROPICAL AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM OVER THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A BRADENTON TO SEBRING LINE...
WITH THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN SUNDAY AND SOME FLOODING STILL
POSSIBLE.

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL SEE A RETURN TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE
REGION.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW

PRC

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Manatee

When: June 21, 10:34 PM EST to June 23, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Manatee forecast zone
Property damage: $935,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

The Manatee River at the Manatee Dam experienced a record crest of 42.42 fee on June 22nd. The flood stage is 41 feet. One of the three emergency flood gates on the dam malfunctioned and had to be forced open. About 700 homes within three miles of the Dam along the Manatee River evacuated and 230 people ended up at a Red Cross Shelter for 24 hours. One single family home received moderate flood damage and 12 homes received minor damage.

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, June 2003

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5363884.